14-Sep-2020 | Market Research Store
Women have been bearing the burden of contraception from a decade now. It is thus important that an alternative that is safe, effective, and less cumbersome for women. In addition, the long-term use of birth control pills is found to increase the risks of breast cancer and blood clots in women in the long run. The researchers have long been trying to find an alternative to help women lead a safe and healthy life. Recently, the layered cocktails seem to have inspired a team of researchers such that have already made a medium-term, rescindable male contraceptive. The report published in the journal American Chemical Society Nano has the necessary details about the male contraceptive elaborately mentioned.
Generally, the traditional forms of male contraception are either long-term (vasectomy) or short-term (condoms). It has been found that condoms can at times fail and vasectomies even though effective are often reversible. This is why the team thought of developing a medium-term, reversible form of male contraception. They seem to have got the inspiration from the multi-layered cocktailsincluding the Galaxy that bartenders create by layering colorful fluids in a glass. These layers were found to turn into a uniform liquid when heated or stirred. This approach is what the researchers used to form multi-layers of materials to block the vas deferens, which is the tube that transports sperm from the testicle to the urethra. The formation of such a multi-layer will help unplug the pipeline.
This new approach used four layers of materials which include the vas deferens, two layers of gold nanoparticles, and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). These materials sequentially forma barrier for the sperms, heat up to inhibit the sperms, break down hydrogel, and kill sperms. The new technique was found to be effective in keeping males sterile for almost 2 months in animals. On the contrary, the infrared rays helped dissolve the layers and brought them back to normal. This new promising approach can help remove the burden from the shoulders of women and rather be shared equally among the couples.
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